Hanna

This is one of those rare, but not rare enough, instances where Netflix
predicted I would like a movie, but I came away rather cold. And not
just because a big portion of it is set near the Arctic Circle, yuk
yuk.

The heroine is the eponymous Hanna, a cute 16-year-old; she and her
father (Eric Bana) live alone waaay up north in Finland. From scene one,
where she takes out a deer,
we learn that Hanna has deadly survival and fighting skills. And also that
she and Dad have
long been in hiding from the ruthless and evil CIA agent Marissa (Cate
Blanchett), who was the proximate cause of Hanna being raised
in a single-parent household.

But Hanna wants to break out of the hermit life; reluctantly, Dad
agrees. Pretty soon choppers swoop in to take Hanna away and Dad
goes on the lam. They follow their own paths to a prearranged
rendezvous, with plenty of carnage and quirky characters
along the way.

My problem: what would ordinarily be a straightforward dark action flick is
painted over with garish artsy pretentiousness.
Fight scenes are
filled with "look at me" choreography, which is often a
marker that the filmmaker hasn't really given the viewer
any stake in the outcome. In one place this works (subway station
fight), but it's usually just stupid.

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